{"id":2406158,"date":"2025-02-24T18:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-macron-reprise-awkward-handshakes-during-white-house-visit-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T18:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:03:51","slug":"trump-and-macron-reprise-awkward-handshakes-during-white-house-visit-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-macron-reprise-awkward-handshakes-during-white-house-visit-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Macron reprise awkward handshakes during White House visit &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-and-macron-reprise-awkward-handshakes-during-white-house-visit-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2406158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>during a recent visit to the White House, president Donald Trump and\u200b French President Emmanuel Macron engaged \u2064in a \u2063series \u2063of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appears-to-forget-about-handshake-five-seconds-prior-waits-for-another\/\" title=\"Biden Appears to Forget About ... Five Seconds Prior, Waits for Another\">awkward handshakes<\/a>, \u2062sparking attention amid ongoing geopolitical tensions related to the Russia-Ukraine\u2064 war. The encounter included three notable handshakes and \u2062moments of physical interaction, including\u2062 touches\u200d on the knee, highlighting their historically clumsy greetings\u2064 dating back to \u2062their presidencies.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200c they \u200dmet,\u200c Trump extended well-wishes \u200bto Pope Francis before the\u2064 handshake encounters commenced. During their 30-minute \u2062press exchange, Trump shared humorous anecdotes about their past meetings in France while Macron corrected him on European contributions \u200bto the war \u200deffort.The event concluded with another awkward handshake as \u2064trump expressed his \u200crecognition \u200bfor\u2062 Macron&#8217;s\u200c visit\u2062 and\u200c emphasized their continued collaboration\u2062 on international issues.<\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">interactions attracted media coverage due<\/a> to their unusual nature, played out against a backdrop of serious diplomatic discussions between the two\u2064 leaders.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump and Macron reprise awkward handshakes during White House visit<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2018389\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As cross-Atlantic tensions remain high over how to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia<\/a>&ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a> war, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">French<\/a> counterpart Emmanuel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/emmanuel-macron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Macron<\/a> engaged in their own handshake tug-of-war at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> on Monday. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The two leaders shared three awkward handshakes, in addition to other hand-touching encounters, during Macron&rsquo;s visit to Washington on Monday. Trump&rsquo;s sit down with Macron coincided with the third anniversary of the war and doubled as an opportunity for Trump to preview deals with Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> and Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Macron have a long history of equally long and awkward handshakes, dating back to when they both became presidents of their respective countries in 2017. That includes<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1231107\/the-marathon-handshake-cable-news-couldnt-stop-talking-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> a 29-second grasp that July during Trump&rsquo;s trip to Paris for Bastille Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump's never-ending handshake with Macron\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1DwijJfVbBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Here are their most awkward handshakes from Monday:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macron&rsquo;s arrival at the White House<\/h2>\n<p>After his awkward handshake to welcome Macron to the White House, Trump conveyed his well-wishes to Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want him to get well,&rdquo; Trump told reporters. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very serious situation; we do want him to get well if that&rsquo;s possible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump greets French President Macron with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-and-french-president-macron-battle-to-assert-dominance-in-white-house-handshake\/\" title=\"Watch: ... and French ... Macron Battle to Assert Dominance in ... ...\">absolute death grip<\/a> of a handshake.<\/p>\n<p>Something tells us Macron isn&#8217;t going to enjoy this meeting very much &#128514; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RKybTZuvgp\">pic.twitter.com\/RKybTZuvgp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Media Research Center (@theMRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theMRC\/status\/1894078187354681645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moments later, before their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office<\/h2>\n<p>Then, during their 30-minute exchange with reporters, Trump and Macron shook hands three times and, at two separate moments, touched each other on the knee, including after an anecdote about one of Trump&rsquo;s visits to France.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;&#127909; WATCH: President Trump and President Macron shake hands at The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXtp0qFYgu\">pic.twitter.com\/VXtp0qFYgu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Politics US (@PolitlcsUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolitlcsUS\/status\/1894102729301106697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re at the Eiffel Tower having dinner,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;We came out and he started speaking the French deal. And we didn&rsquo;t have an interpreter, and he was going on and on, and I was just nodding, &lsquo;Yes, yes, yes.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Later, Macron put his hand on Trump&rsquo;s arm before correcting him about European spending on the war.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Macron just grabbed Trump&rsquo;s arm and fact-checked him to his face in real time.<\/p>\n<p>More of this please. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IIUhaHXmkY\">pic.twitter.com\/IIUhaHXmkY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoLieWithBTC\/status\/1894101103278531010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At the end of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ioc-president-will-not-add-fuel-to-summer-olympics-cancellation-rumors\/\" title=\"IOC ... will \u2018not add fuel\u2019 to Summer Olympics cancellation rumors\">joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates ..., &#039;... is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a><\/a> in the East Room<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump ended his press conference with Macron with a message for Macron&rsquo;s wife, Brigitte, and another about the Russia-Ukraine war, as well as one last awkward handshake.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Emmanuel, thank you very much; great job, and it&rsquo;s been wonderful being with you. Say hello to your beautiful wife and we will see you again soon,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be speaking often. We&rsquo;ll get this thing worked out. We&rsquo;re going to get it done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump gave up when the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, yanked his tiny hand.<\/p>\n<p>Donald is 0\/2 with his weird handshake today.<\/p>\n<p>&#129315; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iqex4Jx4nK\">pic.twitter.com\/Iqex4Jx4nK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Art Candee &#127871;&#129380; (@ArtCandee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtCandee\/status\/1894124052127912274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2018389\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2018389\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump and Macron share awkward handshakes at the White House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2406159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-handshake-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,51005,50979,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2406158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-handshakes","tag-macron-2","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-handshake-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406162,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406158\/revisions\/2406162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}